It was good to read about the rise in the interest of Indian languages on the internet, “The above dichotomy of 59% preferring local language and only 12% visiting the sites and a sharp drop of 30% (42% visiting local language site last years to 12% this year) internet users no more visiting local language website itself explains a demand supply … [Read more] about Readership of local languages on the net is on the rise
Apple releases Safari browser for Windows
Apple® today introduced Safari™ 3, the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for Windows PCs and Macs. Safari is the fastest browser running on Windows, based on the industry standard iBench tests, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari joins iTunes® in delivering Apple’s … [Read more] about Apple releases Safari browser for Windows
Lido in its new avatar is back!
For many of us Lido was one of the favorite theaters for English movies. It had a nice garden around it, ample parking space. I still recall seeing Crazy Boys, Jaws, Airport series at Lido. Few years ago I saw a board on the gate "Closed for Projector repair" or something like that. I knew it was a lame excuse. We have heard about one not doing … [Read more] about Lido in its new avatar is back!
Yahoo! Please don’t ignore your “registered” users :-(
I have been using Yahoo since its inception (or little after its inception). Customer service was rocking at Yahoo in early 1990s. If my memory serves me right I am pretty sure Yahoo email was released after the release of their directory. I use to submit the URLs of mahesh.com (which was a India specific directory earlier, the new avatar can be … [Read more] about Yahoo! Please don’t ignore your “registered” users :-(
Govt of India must take the Internet more seriously
I visited www.nic.in after a very long time (may be a year). It looks much better now. NIC needs to set aside its love for its own name (nic.in) and "fix" the domainnames of all govt websites. For e.g. why should the URL of President of India still be http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ ? I think it should be http://president.gov.in/ The domainname's … [Read more] about Govt of India must take the Internet more seriously